bit (for a horse's mout Copy link • bit (for a horse's mouth); frēnum; usu. in plu., frēna or frēni: the horse submits to the b., equus frenum recipere solet, Cic.: Hor.: to take the b. in one's teeth (i. e. to resist), frenum mordere, Cic.: the sounding b., freni sonantes, Virg.: a jagged kind of b. (used for hard-mouthed horses), frena lupata (also simply lupata, Virg., and lupus, Ov.): Hor.
bit (a small piece) Copy link Outline 1. frustum (usu. of food)2. offa (prop. a lump of cake or meat)3. offŭla (a little b.) • bit (a small piece): 1. frustum (usu. of food): a b. falls from the chicken's mouth, f. ex pulli ore cadit, Cic.: Hor. 2. offa (prop. a lump of cake or meat): Cic.: Virg. 3. offŭla (a little b.): a little b. of meat, carnis of., Col.: a little b. of bread, panis of., Veg. Phr.: to cut anything into little bits, aliquid minutatim secare, Varr.: v. morsel, whit.
BIT Copy link • BIT 1. of a bridle, orea. A bridle with a sharp bit, frenum lupatum. 2. v. To bit a horse, oream ori equi inserere. 3. mouthful, offa, frustum, bolus (Plaut., Terentianus, prae-classical), buccea (Suet.). Little bit, offula. Bit by bit, offatim, frustatim. Morsel, little piece, mica, uncia; frustum. A bit of bread, uncia panis. A little, paullulum. Not a bit, ne tantillum quidem, ne minimum quidem. To wait a bit, paulum or paulisper opperiri.